WEST WING - DERBY FEATURE COMES ON TRACKS OF WEST WING

A complaint from a West Wing fan who thought the words spoken during an NBC Kentucky Derby feature sounded familiar has led to the dismissal of the feature's writer. In fact the words spoken in the feature were virtually identical to those that had been voiced during the first episode of The West Wing's fourth season. A New York Times reader recognized the similarities and wrote an email message to the paper, which triggered an inquiry by the newspaper to the network.

12/05/2006